(5) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:

 1) describe the drawing briefly,

 2) explain its intended meaning, and then

 3) state your point of view.

You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

范文：

  The cartoon features the sharp contrast between the students of the same elementary school in 1970 and 2000. In 1970, the school is named "Labor School" where most students were very skinny compared to one fat guy. But in 2000, the school's name changed to "Doctor School" in which the majority of students were well-fed with round bodies.

  It is abundantly clear that the picture aims at criticizing obesity among today's Chinese children. In the past, our society valued labor as the supreme virtue, and thus most people were content with hard work supported by ordinary food. However, recent accumulation of material wealth has led to changed values and individual enjoyment as the most important task. In particular, a generation of the "only child" has grown up with their desires greatly indulged. Parents provide them with feasts and comfortable facilities, while the children do not even have the chance to labor or exercise. All of these factors contribute to the drastic change in children's weight in general.

  It is important to note that the improvement of population quality is one of the main tasks that China's population policy addresses. In brief, tentative measures should be adopted to promote a healthy life style and outlook of value in the society, particularly among the next generation.

译文：

    这幅漫画刻画了在1970年和2000年同一所小学的两代学生之间的鲜明对比。在1970年，这个名为"劳动小学"的学校中，大部分学生都非常瘦，相比之下只有一个胖小子。但是在2000年，学校更名为"博士小学"，大多数学生都是胖胖的身材。

    很清楚这幅图意在批判在当今中国的孩子们中一种肥胖趋势。过去，我们的社会以劳动为最高的美德，因此人们满足于辛苦的劳动和简单的食物。但是，现在物质财富的积累改变了人们的价值取向，大家都把个人享受最为最重要的任务。特别是一代"独生子女"在成长过程中他们的各种欲望得到了极大的满足。父母们为他们提供了无数的盛宴和舒适的生活设施，孩子们根本没有机会劳动或者锻炼。所有的这些因素导致了孩子们体重普遍的上升。

    我们要注意到，改进人口质量是我国人口政策的一个重要任务之一。简单地说，要实施各种措施，在社会上、特别是在下一代孩子中发扬一种健康的生活方式和价值观。

闪光词汇及词组：

skinny: adj. 瘦的

well-fed: adj. 营养充足的，肥胖的

obesity: n. 肥胖

supreme: adj. 至高的，最高的

virtue: n. 美德，品德

accumulation: n. 积累

feast: n. 盛宴，宴席

drastic: adj. 巨大的，激烈的

tentative: adj. 暂定的，试行的

万能句型：

The cartoon features the sharp contrast between...

It is abundantly clear that the picture aims at...

It is important to note that...

(6) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:

 1) describe the drawing briefly,

 2) explain its intended meaning, and then

 3) state your point of view.

You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

范文：

  As is depicted in the picture, compared to the situation in the past, nowadays the total wealth that mankind possesses conspicuously surpasses that of any time in history. What is more striking is that most of the wealth concentrates in the hands of a small bunch of people.

  It is quite obvious that the artist wishes to set us thinking about the disparity between the rich and the poor in today's world. On the one hand, it is staggering for us to find in the annual list of the "World's Wealthiest People" by Forbes Magazine how the property of the rich keeps aggregating in an unbelievable scale. For instance, the fortune of Bill Gates certainly amounts to, or even exceeds, the annual GDP of an average developing country. On the other hand, the majority of humans have to struggle simply to make ends meet, not to mention those still suffer from hunger in the most less developed countries.

  It is beyond doubt that the gross discrepancy of wealth distribution, though being a problem long existing in human society, is now developing to an extreme which may cause chaos. Therefore, the whole world should take this problem into serious consideration. Only through a systematic reform to achieve a more equal society can we prevent the problem from deteriorating.

译文：

    正如图中描绘的那样，比起以前，现在人类拥有的总财富明显超过了历史上的任何一个时期。但是，更惊人的是我们的财富集中在了一群非常少的人们手中。

    很显然作图者意在唤起人们对于当今世界上不断拉大的贫富差距这一问题的思考。一方面，通过福布斯杂志每年公布的世界富豪榜中，我们惊奇地发现富人们聚集财富的速度和规模令人难以置信。例如，比尔.盖茨的财产必然相当于甚至是超过了一个一般发展中国家的年均国内生产总值。另一方面，大部分人都苦苦地为了家里的收支平衡而奋斗，更不用说在那些最穷的国家中人们还在忍饥挨饿。

    毫无疑问，尽管财富分配不均是人类历史上一个长久的问题，但是现在这种差距正在向极端方向发展，并可能导致根本性的混乱。因此，全世界都应该严肃地思考这个问题。我们只有通过改革来建设一个更加公平的社会，才能够防止这个问题的进一步恶化。

闪光词汇及词组：

surpass: v. 超过，超越，胜过

disparity: n. 不一致，不同，不等

staggering: adj. 惊人的

Forbes Magazine: 福布斯杂志

property: n. 财产

aggregate: v. 聚集，合计

amount to: 达到

exceed: v. 超过

make ends meet: 收支相抵

not to mention: 更不用说

discrepancy: n. 相差，差异，矛盾

chaos: n. 混乱

万能句型：

What is more striking is that...

It is quite obvious that the artiest wishes to set us thinking about...

It is beyond doubt that...